Describe the mesopotamian civilization in a paragraph
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In the fertile crescent of two rivers namely, Tigris and Euphrates of West Asia this civilisation grew. Literally Mesopotamia means—”The land between two rivers”. With the gradual march of time, the Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian Civilisation grew in the land between these two rivers.
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The present Iraq was known as Mesopotamia. It had witnessed the conglomeration of several races. In or around 5,000 B.C. a nomadic people appeared is Mesopotamia. They occupied a portion of land in Mesopotamia and named it as ‘Sumer’. The term ‘Sumerian’ means “a man having black head”.
They founded cities like Ur, Nipur, Lagash, Nir and Kish. By 2900 B.C., the Sumerians were defeated by Akkadians. The Akkadians carved out their kingdom in the northern part of Mesopotamia and under Surgon-I they became powerful. The Amorites defeated the Akkadians.